Plants of Canada. dS 



American forests, does not appear to be a native of this 

 province; yet borders very closely \ipon it, as I have 

 observed it growing naturally near Burlington, on Lake 

 Champlain, about half a degree south of our boundary line. 

 It is very common in Upper Canada. 



This tree is ornamental, and is successfully cultivated 

 at Montreal. I doubt not it would succeed here in the 

 alluvial soils, -which it naturally prefers. 



MYRIC.E.— Richard. 



jMYItlCA.—L. 



Myrlca Gale — L. Sweet Gale. Dutch Myrtle. 

 Gold. Piment Royale. 



" Leaves wedge-lanceolate, obtuse, sawed at the end. Staminate amenti 

 imbricate. Scales acuiuiuate, ciliate. Fruit in a dry bead. 



A bushy shrub about three feet high, of handsome 

 appearance. The foliage is dark green above, and verv 

 fragrant. This shrub, according to Miller, has numerous 

 good and useful (piaiities; for a description of which, that 

 author may be consulted. From the number, it may not be 

 improper to cpiotc from him that — " The cones boiled in 

 water, throw up a scum resembling beeswax, and gathered 

 in suHicient (piantities, would make candles. It is used to 

 tan calf-.-kins. Gathered in the autunm, it dies wool yellow, 

 and is used for that purpose l)otli in Sweden and Wales." 



The Myrica Gale appears to have long been held in 

 esteem for its various good (jualities, that of j)ro(Iucing wa.x 

 might be tried here with little trouble, as the plant is very 

 abundant with us. 'J'his pretty hhrub grows on the mar- 

 gins of lakes and rivers, and is I'ound near Quebec, at 

 Cap Rouge and on the low shores of the St. Charles. 



